Friday, March 26, 2010

Birthday weekend ~ part 2 (the day itself)

So we pick up from where I left out last time and this post is about the afternoon of my birthday. Just a short summary, I went to bed at 4am and awoke at 9am to get ready to go to Phil's place. The following 2 pictures were taken along the way to the meeting point. Just wanted to show you that the birds are now out and about in the sunshine =)

Sparrows!
Bored waiting for Phil to arrive...
Was lucky it was a beautiful day. Nowadays not so nice...
The 4 of us were waiting for the car.
From left: Jak Hui, Mao Yang and Daniel.
Phil's place was about 20-30mins away by car so obviously I fell asleep on the way there. Turns out he rents a place from a farmer which is why it's so far away and he has to commute everywhere he goes as the nearest bus/train is pretty far away. It's a nice cosy place...this was in his living room.
Posing with an authentic double-barrelled shotgun. 600pounds...no kidding man!
Closer look. We didn't get to play with though...hehe.
This was what we played with. An air rifle.
Had one of these ages ago...was a pretty cheap one cuz the first pellet that went in broke sth inside, thereby rendering it useless. Think it's still stashed in my room somewhere.
The targets. Old apples. Haha, pretty small k? Even with a scope..
K, I don't know what breed of dog this is and I think it was a she (didn't bother to check =p).
But she was so cute...kept wanting to play fetch until mao yang and I were exhausted...haha.
Not to mention, we had to wrestle the stick from her mouth in the first place.
Waiting for the toss.
Cats in all shapes and sizes in all sorts of places on the farm.
Horse! Just the one though...didn't get really close.
Seemed intent on just being by itself and nibbling some grass.
Haha, the cat was so fat and lazy. It couldn't stand that the dog was getting all the attention so he (I'm calling it a he) had to come over to get some lovin' too.
Man and his dog.
Fat cat...
But still quite cute..even though he left his fur all over my jacket...zzz.
Beautiful day!!
Like I said, fat and lazy...haha.
Basking in the sun...
Finally, on to the shooting once Phil got back from picking up another friend.
Jak Hui's a real marksman...got the most hits out of all of us.
My turn! =p
Hey, I got at least 1 hit k? Mebbe 2...ahaha.
Daniel's turn..
Always remember to give the shooter room and not to stand in front!!!
Beautiful dog...but I don't think I would be able to keep one..
After taking a few shots each, we took a stroll round the whole estate/farm area. So we ended up along this stream. Haha, I don't know what it is with me and streams but they just fascinate me.
Haha, nice?
And of course, what would a farm be without cows?
I realise that I didn't see any chickens or pigs...must be that type of farm =D
Anyway, after the tour, we headed back up to Phil's living room and had a quick lunch when I got a surprise call from back home. Thanks to Amy, Hui ee, May and Jasmine for the "quick" call =) Loved that I got to hear your voices again. 2 more months left! Can't wait. Too bad my credits ran out. After heading back to Glasgow at 3, I took a short nap (or tried to) but had to wake at 4.30 to get ready for Janice's and my birthday dinner at Mussel Inn. But first, had to head to Walkabout (an aussie pub where I watch my live football) to meet up with Dave and Stef who were there watching the final 6 nations rugby match between Ireland and Scotland. Scotland won!! Played a great game...was a shame I couldn't stay till the end but I can't believe they lost all their other games besides drawing with England. Got to do better next year...Right, lost track there. More pictures might be coming. I'll do some QC..hehe. Till the next post, dear friends and family! (Yar, I'm talking about u, mummy!)

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